THE eighth annual Transition Tatura short film festival took place on August 27 with 50 people attending the festival including Suzanna Sheed MP and Cr Fern Summer.
The film festival this year, themed ‘A Self-sufficient Community; Transition to a Better World’, was held at the Mechanic’s Institute Hall, with a total of nine entrants in the School’s Art Challenge presentations across categories such as Literature, Visual Art, Media Arts and Film.
Will Richards and Connor Nevins took out the People’s Choice Awards, with all entrants including Ruby Dainton, Oliver Dainton, Ishana Sunil Sebastian Tartaglia, Nicola Tartaglia and Alex Tartaglia all showcasing outstanding pieces.
Great short films, including Regenerate Australia, the follow-up to Damon Gameau’s 2040, were screened and a plethora of guest speakers such as Royden James, Louise Costa, Sharon Terry, Henning Rasmussen, Rachael Buerckner and Peter Foott spoke on various sustainability topics.
“A superb lunch and morning tea was provided by Café One4One in Tatura. All-in-all, it was a very successful day, with many positive comments from attendees who remarked there was an awesome “vibe” through-out the whole event,” said event organiser, Ross Musolino.
The event was sponsored by GSCC (Sustainability Grant) and Tatura Dental Care.
